Lichens; Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts
Lichens; Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts
Lichens
Lichen is a symbiotic partnership between a fungus and an alga or a cyanobacterium. The classification is based on the fungal partner and lichens are often referred to as lichenized fungi. Those lacking symbiotic algal or cyanobacterial partners are the non-lichenized fungi. The separation of lichenized from non-lichenized fungi is artificial, with no taxonomic basis.
Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts
Mosses, Liverworts & Hornworts are collectively called Bryophytes, and produce spores rather than seeds, without flowers.
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KimberiRP
wrote:
Yesterday
The location given above the main image is misleading. Zoom out on the Location Information map and you'll see it's on Sheep Station Creek, more than 12km west of Mount Clear.
Funaria hygrometrica
sangio7
wrote:
18 Aug 2025
R. campylothecium based on: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/53e9cf6d-fe08-4ccb-954b-fa985b9c5ea8
Rosulabryum campylothecium
sangio7
wrote:
17 Aug 2025
Abundant apothecia, cilia around margins of apothecia
Teloschistes sp. (genus)
sangio7
wrote:
5 Aug 2025
Suggested ID based on https://www.britishbryologicalsociety.org.uk/learning/species-finder/bryum-capillare/ and https://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/Taxon/Rosulabryum-capillare.html
Rosulabryum sp.
sangio7
wrote:
1 Aug 2025
According to https://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/Taxon/Pseudocrossidium-crinitum.html, the long hairpoints at the leaf tips after which this species is named is a good ID feature.
Barbula crinita
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